This photograph shows the entrance to the Libertyville-Fremont Consolidated High School, located on West Park Avenue in Libertyville. In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased at the corner of Park...

This photograph shows the entrance to the Libertyville-Fremont Consolidated High School, located on West Park Avenue in Libertyville. In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased at the corner of Park...

This photograph shows the Libertyville-Fremont Consolidated High School, located on West Park Avenue in Libertyville. In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased at the corner of Park and Brainerd...

A saxaphone quintet made up of members of the Libertyville Band. The musicians, from left to right, are: Tom Hiddleson, later director of the Libertyville Band; Joe Reilly, Libertyville; Ernest McDonald, Libertyville; Oscar Kaiser, Chicago...

In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased at the corner of Park and Brainerd Avenues to build a new high school building. The eight room structure was completed in 1917 and the Libertyville Township...

View of the original high school building from Mechanics Grove Road, now Route 176. In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created and land was purchased to build a new high school building. The eight room structure was...

Located at 406 N. Milwaukee Avenue in the C. H. Kaiser building, Parkside Liquors was advertised as "Your Friendly Package Liquor Store." They sold ice-cold beer, wine, and liquors, as well as home bar accessories and glassware. In the late 1950s...

In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased from Horace Butler at the corner of Park and Brainerd Avenues to build a new high school building. The building was designed by architect Benjamin Marshall....

In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased from Horace Butler at the corner of Park and Brainerd Avenues to build a new high school building. The building was designed by architect Benjamin Marshall....

In 1916 the Libertyville Township High School District was created, and land was purchased from Horace Butler at the corner of Park and Brainerd Avenues to build a new high school building. The building was designed by architect Benjamin Marshall....

Byron Prosser (1895-1954). Byron Prosser was the great-grandson of Dr. William Crane, early Libertyville resident and the first Libertyville Township supervisor. Born in Ohio, he moved to Libertyville with his mother, Eva Stone Prosser, in 1897. He...

View of the original train depot (pictured on the left) located at First Street, probably built between 1879 and 1880. Also pictured to the right of the depot are the grain elevator originally owned by Caleb Wright, and the Libertyville Lumber...

Three unidentified men enjoy a peaceful afternoon fishing along the Des Plaines River.The French explorers Marquette and Joliet were the first known white men to have used the river in 1673; at that time they simply called the Des Plaines the...

The Des Plaines River as it flows east of Libertyville. The French explorers Marquette and Joliet were the first known white men to have used the river in 1673; at that time they simply called the Des Plaines the "river of portage." Later, a...

The Des Plaines River as it flows east of Libertyville. The French explorers Marquette and Joliet were the first known white men to have used the river in 1673; at that time they simply called the Des Plaines the "river of portage." Later, a...

The Des Plaines River as it flows east of Libertyville. The French explorers Marquette and Joliet were the first known white men to have used the river in 1673; at that time they simply called the Des Plaines the "river of portage." Later, a...

Helen Lund wore this two-piece brown taffeta dress at her wedding when she married Josiah Walter Butler on November 10, 1886. Josiah owned land in Libertyville and was a farmer there. He and his wife Helen lived in Libertyville at 221 Brainerd...